D/S Fido

To Fido on the "Ships starting with F" page.

(A lovely picture of this ship is available via the last external link provided at the end of this page).

Some War Voyages:

A French visitor to my website has told me that Fido sailed from Casablanca on Apr. 17-1940 in convoy 88-KF under French escort. At Le Verdon Apr. 23.

At the beginning of Sept.-1940 we find her in the slow Sydney (Cape Breton)-U.K. Convoy SC 3, from which the Norwegian Lotos was sunk, among others - follow the link for more details. Fido had a cargo of pit props for Belfast and Medway on that occasion, and rescued survivors from torpedoed ships in this convoy - Page 2 of my account for Granli has more information on this incident.

Towards the end of that year she was scheduled (with destination St. John's) for Convoy OB 262, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 20, but did not sail. She also cancelled from OB 264 - see the first external link below for names of other ships in these convoys, some of which were Norwegian.

At the end of Jan.-1941 she was scheduled for the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 21, but joined the next convoy, SC 22, instead - cargo of lumber for Preston. That summer she's listed, with a cargo of lumber for Sharpness, in Convoy SC 34, which left Sydney, C.B. on June 10-1941.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1953 to Strindheim Rederi (Bjarne Raak), Trondheim, and renamed Strindheim. Arrived at Stavanger Oct. 5-1961 to be broken up, after having run aground off Kullen, Sweden on Febr. 5-1959 (refloated and laid up).

Related external links:
OB convoys

Historical Index of the Great Lakes has more details on Fido. To find it, type Fido (or Lake Benton) in the search field for 'vessel', then on the page that comes up, click in the little box with the item number for Lake Benton. There's also a picture of the ship.

Back to Fido on the "Ships starting with F" page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", Roger W. Jordan - and misc.